UMBC is a place where "the student experience is about finding your passion and exploring issues that matter, in the classroom and the community." — Princeton Review's 2017 "Best 381 Colleges"

Top 20 Undergraduate Teaching

U.S. News & World Report

Best Value College

Kiplinger's Personal Finance 8 years running.

Top 5 - Most Innovative National University

U.S. News & World Report

Whether you are just starting college, transferring from another school, or taking individual classes, at UMBC you will have access to exceptional resources, stimulating teachers and individual attention. Let's get started now!

UMBC ranks in the top ten on the closely watched Most Innovative Schools list for "making the most promising innovative improvements in curriculum, faculty, students, and campus life." And for another consecutive year, UMBC tops the list for an "unusually strong commitment to undergraduate teaching," as one of the nation's top universities overall on the Best National Universities list.